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Documents Available for Acquisition

Your Webmistress has a corollary hobby: collecting ephemera.

She has decided to begin divesting of her collection, with the hope that others can enjoy the hundreds of documents she has accumulated.

Additionally, recouping a small portion of her substantial investment will provide financial support for Web sites and additional research, both of which your Webmistress bears the cost of personally.

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Court Decision About Crockett-Elder Marriage License

A Tampa, Florida, judge has ruled that Davy Crockett and Margaret Elder's marriage license must be returned to Jefferson County.

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What's Hiding in Your Files?

Those commercials that ask, "What's in your wallet?" always make your Webmistress think of the genealogical equivalent: "What's in your files?"

More than likely, you have SOME transcribed information -- even bits and pieces -- from records that could help someone else.

Perhaps you've copied family Bibles or old letters, and you've transcribed the information to include it in your research database. Why not browse through and see what you have to share, then send it to us for posting on this site. You will retain ownership/copyright, and you will receive credit for the submission.

 
Jefferson County Tomorrow Needs Your Help!

Jefferson County Tomorrow is an organization devoted to preserving the community, heritage, and natural resources of the county. Currently, they are working to prevent the construction of an intermodal railyard and associated industrial parks in New Market.

 
Recent Queries Posted

Updated 22 Jan 2010

The TNGenWeb project's WebBBS queries system was hacked in Spring, 2009. If you submitted a query after January 1, 2009, please resubmit (see link in Menu).

Queries prior to January 1, 2009, were not damaged. They will be back on-line as soon as the new system is functional.

While the system is down, queries will be posted to this site as they are received.

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Cemeteries in Present-day Jefferson County

The WPA prepared a compilation of Jefferson County tombstone inscriptions in the 1930's.  Records of burials relocated when the Tennessee Valley Authority closed Douglas and Cherokee Dams are available from TVA.  Published lists are on file at the McClung Collection in Knoxville.

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Research in Early Tennessee Records, by Prentiss Price

Transcribed from Ansearchin' News, Vol. 14, No. 1, Jan-Mar, 1967, pp. 5-11. No copyright infringement is intended by posting this very important research information here.

While some of the document location information is 40 years out-of-date, the historical and research strategy details in Mr. Price's lecture remain pertinent today.

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